There’s no better place to check daily sales results than right here. Travis compiles all the names we list and puts them into a daily report the next day. Of course, NameBio is still the Bible when it comes to sales data. But for end-user sales, X has become a great place to see what’s moving.
Every day, hundreds of people post their sales publicly. Just search for Atom and Afternic sales. You can take those posts one of two ways: motivating or depressing. It’s hard not to feel frustrated when you see what looks like bad names selling while your good names sit. But you could also look at it and think, “If those are selling, then mine will too—eventually.”
The posts help me and hurt me. I see the prices some people are getting and start to wonder if I’m underpricing my names or selling too soon by accepting offers instead of holding out for a BIN. At the same time, I’ve raised my BINs and it’s helped—I’ve been getting more for my names. The downside is I’ve definitely scared off a few buyers with higher prices. I’ve lost some sales. But overall, I think I’ve made more money by paying attention to the comps on X. Especially in the .ai and crypto spaces, where prices are much higher than average.
One other thing you’ll notice from the posts: 95% of sales seem to come from just two platforms—Atom and Afternic. BrandBucket, which used to be a major player, seems to have faded. I’m sure they still have sales, but I rarely see them. That’s wild, because for a long time they were second only to Afternic. Then Dan came along and hurt them, and then Atom took more ground. There’s still opportunity there, but they didn’t innovate or market aggressively.
I love Margot. She’s one of my favorite people in the industry, so I hate to see anything but success for her. But business is business. We all need to list our names where they have the best chance of selling for the best price. Commission rates matter, but it starts with sales potential. Right now, the potential is there—and the sales are happening. Just check X and you’ll see it.
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Domain of the Day: VIPI.com CVCV and already at 23K, geesh
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Dynadot
Socialo.com Closes today. Add an O to it for the discount
VEVI.com V’s normally not liked but as a CVCV I love this one
NTCA.com very good letters. Good add to the 4L portfolio IMO
Heat.bet Solid betting app name HEAT
Review.me Also closes today. The type of call to action that works perfectly with dot me
AdultMarketing.com Only Fans marketing
BakeJoy.com I like the positivity here. Good cooking brand
Wirelessly.com Love these names but they are a lifetime out before close so I am putting them down here
BG8.com LLN and NNL have held good value for a decade now
Augmenter.com Evidently augmentor is also the correct spelling
Apricot.app. Fruit makes great brands
Namejet
Liat.com Back to being the top of the Namejet board for 3 days out domains
Nuth.com Auction also about to start but I haven’t seen this one coming up. Missed it somehow
DeltaEnergy.com Upgrade for a few companies
Beek.com At $17K and climbing
SeniorExperts.com One of the best categories to be an expert in
RubeGoldberg.com He made some pretty cool machines
CeramicCoating.com I have this on all my cars. Great name to promote this
Varieta.com Exudes flexibility and offerings
Microsoil.com Micro nutrient full soil
Flowerzone.com Also in my wheelhouse
Atom – Active Auctions
Dropish.com Here’s your new dropcatch name. No reserve
Yosly.com No reserve. Under $100 is worth the add IMO
Yenty.com I’d say the same on this domain
SeeCost.com I think people would LOVE to see the cost
ColonFlow.com Reminds me of Colon Blow cereal
YieldFX.com Everyone is looking for yield
Sedo
RUAR.com Met reserve under $200
DAAC.com Back on the board and getting a few bids
CoinStudio.com crypto launchpad
HIMH.com good letters. H for Holdings
PAPO.ai $1K BIN
Catched
His.es the three letter dot es continue to get picked up
eBike.market Nobody but me likes this one. I would brand the TLD with the name here
AI.rentals Finally caught a bid
Sex.partners I had Zero idea dot partners existed. No partners, no bids
CryptoCity.xyz The kind of name that sells on dot xyz
Decor.nu Decor overcoming the dot nu TLD
Viro.co I have had some success selling CVCV.cos. This is doing well
RedLeaf.es Catching a few bids
Nori.pe Getting bids. I had no idea dot pe sold this well
Godaddy Domains with Bids
ACalculator.com I did a post about this one
BettingSecrets.com The real secret is don’t bet but that doesn’t make any money does it
BlackAgency.com Last name or black community
CryptoAdvice.com Everyone has it, give it a place to land
CustomCoffeeMugs.com Build out for lead gen or great marketing/SEO if you already have the product
LogicTeam.com Most companies are called TeamLogic but a still to upgrade to this
MonsterParts.com Aftermarket part business does nothing but grow
MyRole.com Taken in 16 extensions
OnBridge.com I see all bridge names as crypto bridge applications
Pairable.com Getting a ton of bids. Dating site is first of mind but actually connecting anything works
PinkApple.com Memorable and easy logo
Serai.com AI at end is causing the huge runup
TheLobsterTrap.com would 100% order a Lobster roll here
Took.org short, common verb
Godaddy Names with 1 or NO Bids
Other GoDaddy Names With More Than One Bid
18G.com
1Bed.com
3007.net
40449.com
5FX.com
99952.com
AboutProperty.com
acalculator.com
ahid.com
AndCute.com
BattleScribe.net
BestDealInsurance.com
Betless.com
BettingSecrets.com
bi0.com
BlackAgency.com
bostonhostel.org
BritainLovesBaking.com
brocktonma.com
CabinetsDirect.com
cg999.com
Collabria.com
CryptoAdvice.com
CustomCoffeeMugs.com
darkhorsetavernla.com
Dogalize.com
DramaCollector.com
EpicMotors.com
ethelsbagels.com
falconicapital.com
Flex24.com
garotastore.com
Haiki.com
hochatown.org
IceBlock.com
jefj.com
kerpeten.com
kinfolksbbqma.com
LogicTeam.com
lzkn.com
ManIshTana.net
MedSmile.com
meyerrealestatellc.com
MissWorcesterDiner.com
MomentoMiami.com
MonsterParts.com
Motify.com
MyRole.com
networkcentral.com
Nutwell.com
OnBridge.com
PairAble.com
PayDom.com
PinkApple.com
prjs.com
SecuredBanking.com
SecurityPlanet.com
seelindsay.com
SelfGovernance.com
Serai.com
SmallProjectsIstanbul.org
StargateCoin.com
TacosMexicanRestaurant.com
terradituttifilmfestival.org
TFCC.com
TheLobsterTrap.com
Took.org
TryApollo.com
udfq.com
UpDr.com
uptk.com
vaceda.org
VectorBelly.com
VeteranWorks.com
vipi.com
waystogo.com
weirdoo.com
WinterArtsFest.com
ypdbooks.com
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Interesting point about BrandBucket. Margot must be the complete opposite of Darpan. She hardly ever posts, the namePros thread is dead, and even the seller newsletter is rare.
Everything seems a bit secretive, and I think that has made many sellers leave. Especially with Afternic listings not an option anymore.
But BrandBucket still has 140K highly curated names and many repeat buyers. I would love to know more about how they are actually doing.